Welcome to my AP art classroom page. On this page you will find assignment explanations, due dates, and important information pertaining to the submission of the AP portfolio.

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Wednesday 3/7/2018

Concentration check

Concentration check

During the last week of the 3rd quarter, the students will participate in a formal portfolio check of their concentration. At this point, the students should have completed a minimum of 4 works for their conentration, and should have 8 slides taken of their work to date. Slides can include photos of their finished pieces, as well as slides that show their planning sketches, their work in process, and details.

Concentration check: 4 finished works, 400 points.

Slide check: 8 slides, 400 points.

Wednesday 2/21/2018

Concentration 4

Concentration 4

In this lesson, the students will be creating their first work of art for their Concentration submission. Students should ensure that the work that they create shows visual unity with all other concentration work, and that the concept behind their work relates directly to their concentration idea. Students may work in the medium and size of their choice.

Planning sketch: 25 points, Due 2/23/18

50% check: 50 points, due 3/2/18

Final image: 100 points, due 3/9/18

Monday 2/12/2018

Concentration 3

Concentration 3

In this lesson, the students will be creating their first work of art for their Concentration submission. Students should ensure that the work that they create shows visual unity with all other concentration work, and that the concept behind their work relates directly to their concentration idea. Students may work in the medium and size of their choice.

Planning sketch: 25 points, Due 2/7/18

50% check: 50 points, due 2/14/18

Final Drawing , 100 points, due 2/21/18

Thursday 1/25/2018

Concentration 2

Concentration 2

In this lesson, the students will be creating their second work of art for their Concentration submission. Students should ensure that the work that they create shows visual unity with all other concentration work, and that the concept behind their work relates directly to their concentration idea. Students may work in the medium and size of their choice.

Planning sketch: 25 points, Due 1/29/18

50% check: 50 points, due 2/5/18

Final Drawing , 100 points, due 2/12/18

Tuesday 1/9/2018

Concentration 1

Concentration 1

In this lesson, the students will be creating their first work of art for their Concentration submission. Students should ensure that the work that they create shows visual unity with all other concentration work, and that the concept behind their work relates directly to their concentration idea. Students may work in the medium and size of their choice.

Planning sketch: 25 points, Due 1/11/18

50% check: 50 points, due 1/18/18

Final Drawing , 100 points, due 1/25/18

Monday 1/8/2018

Concentration Overview

AP art students are now moving on to the concentration portion of their portfolio. Students must explore a specific idea/topic through a series of artwork that they create over the course of this semester. Students must create a minimum of 6 works of art exploring their central idea, and document their art with 12 photos (including details,planning sketches, and work in process). The entire concentraiton should show both conceptual and visual unity throughout the entire collection.

Monday 12/18/2017

2nd Portfolio Review

During the final week of the semester, the students will complete their breadth submission of their portfolio. This review counts as their midterm exam.

Students are required to have 12 completed works of art, showing a range of media and a variety in their use of the elements and principles of design.

Students are required to have 12 finished digital slides of their breadth portfolio formatted and completed.

Breadth Portfolio review, 750 points. Due 12/22

Breadth Portfolio Slides, 250 points. Due 12/22

Monday 11/27/2017

Breadth 6

In this lesson, the students will be creating their 6th work of art for their breadth submission. Students can work in in the medium of their choice, and should focus on specific elements and principles of design to finalize their portfolio.

Planning sketch, 25 points. Due 11/29

50% check, 50 points. Due 12/6

Finished piece, 100 points. Due 12/15

Monday 11/6/2017

Breadth 5

In this lesson, students will be working on their 5th piece for their breadth submission. Students will work in the medium of their choice, and should focus on their use of elements and principles of design.

Plan, 25 points. Due 11/8

50% check, 50 points. Due 11/17

Finished project, 100 points. Due 11/ 27

Monday 10/16/2017

Breadth 4

In this lesson, the students will be creating thir 4th work of art for their Breadth submission. Students will be albe to work int he medium of their choice. Students should focus on the elements and principles of design that they are missing in their portfolio, as outlined in their fist official portfolio review.

Planning, 25 points- Due 10/18

50% check, 50 points- Due 10/26

Finishe project, 100 points- Due 11/3

Monday 10/2/2017

Portfolio Check

During the final week of this quarter, students will be going through their first formal portfolio check for their breadth section of their portfolio. Students should have 6 works of art compeleted at this point. All works of art should be scanned/photographed so they are ready for digital submission.

The students will conduct a self evaluation of their portfolio. This will be followed by a 1 on 1 conference with the teacher concerning the strength and direction of their portfolio at this point.

Portfolio Review, Due Friday, October 6th . 500 points.

Monday 9/18/2017

Breadth 3

In this lesson, the students will be working on their 3rd work of art for their Breadth submission. Students will have free choice to choose the content and medium of this work. Students should focus on specific elements and principles of design to focus on in this work of art.

Planning, 25 points. Due Monday, September 18th.

50% check, 50 points. Due Monday, September 25th.

Completed work, 100 points. Due Monday, October 2nd.

Monday 8/28/2017

Breadth 2

For this lesson, the students will be creating their second work of art that will be submitted for the breadth category. Students will have the choice of prompt and medium in which they will be working on. The work that they create should be focused their use of the Elements and Principles of design outline in the prompt that they chose.

Planning Sketch, 25 points. Due Tuesday, August 29th

50% check, 50 points. Due Tuesday, September 5th

Completed Breadth #2: 100 points, Due Tuesday, September 12th.

Wednesday 8/9/2017

Breadth 1

For the first lesson, the students willbe creating the first work of art that will be submitted for the Breadth category. Students will have the choice of prompt and medium in which they working on. The work they create should rely upon the use of the Elements and Principles of Desgn outlined in the prompt.

50% check, 50 points. Students should be 50% complete with this image by Friday, August 18th.

Final image, 100 pts. Due Friday, August 25th. This includes photgraphing of the final image.

Thursday 8/3/2017

First Week of AP

During the first few days of class, the students will be exposed to exactly what it means to be an AP student. The students will learn about the differences between the 2D and Drawing portfolios. They will also learn about the Quality, Concentratin and Breadth categories of their portfolio.

Students will begin the process of choosing which AP portfolio they are going to submit on Monday, August 7th.